hope chest

noun

Definition of hope chestnext
as in caisson

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Recent Examples of hope chest Miriam watched soap operas on the little black-and-white television on her hope chest, even though they were forbidden by the girl’s parents at home. — Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026 Lily Franck; 2024; USA; 4 min A mother’s hope chest becomes a catalyst for her daughter’s reconsideration of traditional gender roles in this charming stop-motion animation. — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025 While the tradition of a hope chest has its roots thousands of years ago, cedar became the material du jour thanks to its insect-repelling qualities. — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024 My grad school dissertation explored hope chests and wedding traditions among Turkish women. — Ayla Samli, Longreads, 14 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hope chest
  1. caisson
  2. jewel box
  3. vault
  4. canteen
  5. compartment
  6. sea chest
  7. safe-deposit box
Noun
  • Once the flyover ends, the caisson will carry Graham’s remains to First Baptist Church of Columbia, where the funeral will be held.
    — Chantelle Lee, Time, 22 July 2026
  • In 2024, Bally’s had to relocate the 34-story hotel tower, which was moved to the south end of the casino after it was determined that driving caissons into the ground might damage municipal water management infrastructure pipes along the river.
    — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of caisson
Noun
  • This is not the case at Casa Astória, a soulful jewel box of an Airbnb in Porto, Portugal’s second-largest and increasingly trendy city.
    — Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Carmel has become a jewel box of a town, with a main street, Ocean Avenue, that runs right down to the beach and sea.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of jewel box
Noun
  • The Dakota and Ojibwe language archive that leaders feared was lost in a Minneapolis fire survived, and it is being moved to the basement vault of an old bank building.
    — Eric Henderson, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • At the center of it all is the daring, epic raid on a bank vault deep beneath the streets of Zurich.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of vault
Noun
  • Her first assignment was in a canteen at an aviation training center near Tours.
    — April White, JSTOR Daily, 23 Sep. 2026
  • As of this month, the neighborhood even has a local artists canteen.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of canteen
Noun
  • Sanitizer concentration at the three-compartment sink is at or over 200 ppm.
    — NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The parks officers used fire extinguishers to try to put out the growing blaze, but the flames spread from the front of the vehicle toward the passenger compartment, the CHP said.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of compartment
Noun
  • Upgrades have been made to all aircraft launch and recovery equipment, while the carrier's hull, including sea chests and freeboard, has been painted.
    — Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 11 May 2026
  • The crack formed on a spot where two pieces were welded together and was hidden behind a sea chest that houses a fire pump, which is part of an onboard sprinkler system.
    — Washington Post, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2017
Definition of sea chest
Noun
  • Common options include home safes, bank safe-deposit boxes and third-party bullion depositories.
    — Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The poem might also be a safe-deposit box, keeping the names of species intact for an environmentally unstable future, when the trees that the poem names may only exist in language.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
Definition of safe-deposit box

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“Hope chest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hope%20chest. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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